Originally Posted by jackhammer

This is by no means the best monologue on film but it is one of the most original, sincere and inventive I have seen on film.

As soon as the name Jean Claude Van Damme is mentioned, eyebrows are raised and sighs are emitted and perhaps justifiably so as he has made his fair share of stinkers but the film JCVD was a rare dramatic role for him and he surprised everyone who watched the film that he is actually a damn good actor. Also the use of the monologue in this film is inspired. He is playing himself in the film and is sat on a chair in this particular scene and the chair rises with the camera and he is on top of the actual set in the rigging and delivers a monologue in his native tongue where he bares his soul about everything.

It is not contrived or superfluous but one of the best examples of breaking the fourth wall in movies. If you are serious about cinema or acting in general then you should be blown away by this: